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Sizewell Marshes

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Sizewell Marshes is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk of 1.1 km². The county has 133 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. The surrounding countryside is part of the Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape.

Nearby SSSIs include Minsmere-Walberswick Heaths and Marshes and Leiston - Aldeburgh. For arrivals by rail, Saxmundham Station is about 6.9 km to the west.

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Photo of Suffolk Coast & Heaths, a National Landscape in eastern England.Highlight

Suffolk Coast & Heaths

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Framlingham

Shingle beaches, reedy estuaries and gorse heaths along a soft, low-lying coast made for gentle walking

Photo of House in the Clouds, a landmark near Thorpeness, Suffolk, eastern England.Iconic

House in the Clouds

Landmark near Thorpeness

A disguised water tower dressed as a five-storey cottage in the sky, overlooking Thorpeness Meare.

3.9 km S

Photo of the coast at Dunwich Heath, Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Dunwich Heath

Coastline near Dunwich

Purple heather and gorse above a lost coast.

4.9 km N

Photo of The Scallop, a landmark near Aldeburgh, Suffolk, eastern England.Iconic

The Scallop

Landmark near Aldeburgh

Maggi Hambling's four-metre steel scallop shell on Aldeburgh beach, a tribute to the composer Benjamin Britten.

6.2 km S

Photo of Aldeburgh, a village in Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Aldeburgh

Village

A shingle-beach town of pastel houses and fishermen's huts selling fresh fish, home to the Britten festival and Maggi Hambling's Scallop.

7.4 km S · Suffolk

Photo of Martello Tower CP, a folly near Aldeburgh, Suffolk, eastern England.Highlight

Martello Tower CP

Folly near Aldeburgh

The northernmost of the coast's Napoleonic Martello towers, a quatrefoil-plan drum on the shingle south of Aldeburgh.

8.8 km S